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Predictable Cloud Egress Is Finally Here: How Megaport Unlocks It All

Discover how AWS Direct Connect flat-rate pricing makes cloud egress predictable and how Megaport enables high-volume data migration. AWS has announced flat-rate pricing for Direct Connect, bringing more predictable egress costs to eligible 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps Dedicated Connections. Here’s what the new egress pricing model means for bulk data migration, plus how Megaport helps you make the most of it with private connectivity to the storage and compute your workloads need.

How to prove your HAProxy build is legitimate

On September 4, Rapid7 Labs published research on a Linux espionage toolkit found at two organizations in South Korea. The centerpiece is a backdoor the researchers call "Ted," which was hidden inside a modified HAProxy build running on the victims' load balancers. Rapid7 attributes the campaign to North Korean state-sponsored actors with medium confidence. The same toolkit tampered with multiple tools across the victims' systems, including an SSH keylogger.

Perplexity pricing in 2026: Free vs. Pro vs. Max, and who should pay

Perplexity pricing runs $0 for Free, $20 a month for Pro, and $200 a month for Max, with enterprise seats listed from $40 per user. Pro fits most people who search for work daily. Max exists for heavy automation. The prices are verified against Perplexity's live plans page as of September 2026. When Perplexity published a customer quote on its own pricing page, it chose an unusual one.

Build vs. buy: should you build your own AI cost management tooling?

Build when the problem is narrow (one provider, one team, simple attribution) and the tooling is strategically yours to own. Buy when AI spend spans providers, arrives untagged, and needs unit costs finance will trust, because that build is a multi-quarter platform project with a permanent maintenance tail. Price both paths in engineer-years before deciding. CloudZero sells the “buy” side.

Fastest and Most Cost-Effective CI/CD Platforms

A slow build is frustrating. A surprise bill makes it worse. I compared seven options to help you balance feedback speed, running costs, and upkeep. The right choice depends on your workload, not just the lowest advertised rate. Sequential/Parallel: Running independent tests together can reduce waiting without reducing total work.

What is PostgreSQL? Features, uses, and benefits

The PostgreSQL database went from a platform developers respected to the one they reach for first. Today, it’s used by over 55.6% of all developers and 58.2% of professionals, powering everything from SaaS startups to AI platforms. For many new projects it’s now the default choice. But what pushed PostgreSQL ahead of so many alternatives? This guide answers that question by explaining what PostgreSQL is, how it works, and what makes it different from other databases. Table of contents.

List of Best VMware Alternatives in Italy

If you're running IT for an Italian enterprise, you've probably had the "what do we do about VMware" conversation more than once this year. Licensing changes, subscription-only pricing, bigger bundles you didn't ask for. It's pushed a lot of CIOs to actually go shopping for VMware Alternatives Italy has to offer, rather than just renewing out of habit.